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Howard Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan and a historical consultant to the CDC on flu pandemics, says the most vexing decision facing health officials is when to institute mass vaccination programs. Vaccines carry risks of complications, leading to agonizing ethical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes of 1976 | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Of course, declaring a pandemic isn't a decision that should be taken lightly. For the WHO, phase 4 might trigger an attempt to keep the virus from spreading by instituting strict quarantines and blanketing infected areas with antivirals. But we appear to have missed the opportunity to contain the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

All I knew was that this is clearly not a decision I should be making for another human being. What school he attends, what he eats, which bouncy seat he should bounce in - sure. Whether to alter your genitals for aesthetic reasons is a question meant for your mid-20s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein Contemplates Circumcision (For His Son) | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Still, I knew this decision was going to be made now or never, so I started asking every medical professional, woman and gay man what kind of penis they preferred, which, to my shock, got me a lot of dinner invitations. Though there seemed to be a slight aesthetic preference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein Contemplates Circumcision (For His Son) | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Have we awakened a sleeping giant or stood up, at long last, to a local bully? President Obama's decision last weekend to authorize force against the Somali pirates holding Captain Richard Phillips brought the end of a crisis, but it may be the beginning of a longer military effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Surrender to Somali Pirate Thugs | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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